Redmond Barry Lecture 2005

A Balancing Act: The Rightful Place of Defamation Law in Open Society

To what extent do Australia’s current defamation laws ‘dull down’ the vibrancy of political debate in our democracy? In the 2005 Redmond Barry Lecture, publisher and developer Morry Schwartz explores questions of free speech in relation to the publishing industry. He discusses alternatives to the current legal regime that could strike a better balance between the interests of key actors in civil society.

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	Format	Length
Listen to the lecture - part 1 [~7.5 MB]	mp3	18m 29s
Listen to the lecture - part 2 [~7 MB]	mp3	17m 15s
Listen to the lecture - part 3 [ ~6.5 MB]	mp3	15m 28s

   
Morry Schwartz is a prominent Melbourne property developer and publisher of books and magazines including the esteemed Quarterly Essay and The Monthly, a new national magazine of ideas and comment on politics, society and the arts.